Using Go Video Dual VHS Deck for tape to DVD conversion

[snafoo]

Here is a hypothetical question concerning Go Video decks. Not sure on how this applies to fair use copying of copywrited materials. I have a Go Video unit. I have the really old model DDV9550. Yes, many of us that frequent this website know that these units copy a store-bought Hollywood movie to a blank VHS tape. On how the deck defeats Macrovision, i have no idea. As soon as you put a tape in the deck, does the circuitry that defeats Macrovision immediately engage? If so, if i put a tape in the deck of let's say Forrest Gump, can i hook up my video capture card to the deck, and capture the movie that way, or does the defeat of Macrovision only work when copying from Deck 1 to Deck 2? Also, when copying from tape to tape, does the new tape now have zero Macrovision?

Thanks for any replies.

[dellsam34]

You have the deck, you are the only one knows how it behaves once you test it.

[snafoo]

You are right. These units are ancient. Very outdated. I guess i will just try it out.

[lordsmurf]

Go.Video dual decks are the #1 worst VCR ever made. I'm not exaggerating here, complete POS. It was a bane on the trading scene in the 90s. Lazy bootleggers loved these POS decks, cheap garbage. But the copied tapes looked horrible, often unwatchable.

If I ever come across one of these, I want to make a video of it being destroyed on my driveway. Sort of like the fax/printer scene in Office Space.